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I have lived outside of my parents’ home since I was 18 years old and joined the Army. I
could never image having to live with my parents again. I hear other people talk about
how their 25 year old child still lives at home and it’s a scenario that I cannot relate to. I
feel like there are many difficulties that could come from a child still living at home, for
both the parents and child.
There are many reasons why a young adult lives with their parents or leave and come
back to living with their parents. One main reason young people live at home would be
because they cannot afford to live on their own and living with their parents would allow
them to save money. Another reason would be the young adult was once married and
they no longer are. With the ever changing society young adults are looking at achieving
with career goals before getting married and having children.
The biggest reason that young adults live with their parents is because they are
unmarried and cannot afford to live on their own. Burn and Szoeke (2016), reported that
age and marital status are reported as the two most common reasons that young adults
live at home. Additionally, never married and divorced adult children are most likely to still
live at home verse their married counterparts.
The most recent reason is surrounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to an
article by Fry, Passel, & Cohn (2020), nearly 52% of young adults reside with their
parents. This is the highest rate since the Great Depression. This pandemic is a unique
situation that was not planned for. Many people have lost their jobs and relied on their
parents for support. Living with parents allow a young adult to explore a new career and
save money while doing so.
There are pros and cons of coresidence with parents for both the parents and children.
Economic factors is probably one of the biggest pros. The young adult will pay less in
rent and the parents will have help paying their mortgage, if the child is charged rent.
Another pro is the fact that the parents are likely to still be married. “Similarly,
coresidence is more likely if parents have stayed married” (Bunr & Szoeke, 2016). This
living situation also allows the parents to avoid the empty nest feeling and alleviate some
stress and responsibility on the parents. One of the biggest cons of coresident children is
that they may depend on their parents with the expectation that their parents are still
supposed to take care of them in the same manner they would if they were young
children. There can also be an added tension from this mistaken role.
References
Burn K, Szoeke C. Boomerang families and failure-to-launch: Commentary on adult
children living at home. Maturitas. 2016 Jan;83:9-12. doi:
10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.09.004. Epub 2015 Sep 25. PMID: 26597141.
DePaulo, B., (2016), Why are so many young adults living with their
parents? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201605/why-are-so-
many-young-adults-living-their-parents
Fry, R., Passel, J., & Cohn, D., (2020). A majority of young Adults in the U.S. live with
their parents for the first time since the Great
Depression. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/04/a-majority-of-young-
adults-in-the-u-s-live-with-their-parents-for-the-first-time-since-the-great-depression/
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In the twenty-first century, the post-modernity era has experienced an unprecedented
cultural shift marked by an increased coresidence among American families. More young adults
between the age of eighteen and thirty-five years old are finding it more comfortable to remain in
their parent's home compared to moving out and starting a life on their own. This is despite the
adverse effects and the strained relationships that may occur between the parents and children.
Recently, there has been an insurgence in the numbers of the "boomerang generation,"
with more young adults being forced to move back in with their parents due to an increase in the
global economic instability (Olofsson et al., 2020). This situation has been further worsened by
the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen an increase in unemployment rates and high living
costs; hence more young adults are moving back to their parent's houses (Pinsker, 2020).
Moreover, young adults' marital status has been cited as a contributing factor to the increase in
coresidence cases (Pinsker, 2020). In reference to the biblical concept that states two people will
leave their parents' houses and join to become one, most unmarried young adults prefer staying
at their parents' homes until they find a suitable partner. Coresidence on the grounds of being
unmarried has also increased due to the obsession with a career over family goals among young
adults (Copp et al., 2015).
As an emerging phenomenon, coresidence has its advantages and disadvantages. For the
young adult, coresidence may give them ample time to establish economic stability before
moving out on their own. However, overstaying in their parents' houses may lead young adults to
become lazy, irresponsible, and over-reliant on their parents' fortunes.
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References.
Copp, J. E., Giordano, P. C., Longmore, M. A., & Manning, W. D. (2015). Living With Parents
and Emerging Adults' Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Family Issues, 38(16), 2254–
2276. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513x15617797
Olofsson, J., Sandow, E., Findlay, A., & Malmberg, G. (2020). Boomerang Behaviour and
Emerging Adulthood: Moving Back to the Parental Home and the Parental
Neighbourhood in Sweden. European Journal of Population, 36(5), 919–945.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-020-09557-x
Pinsker, J. (2020, July 7). The Young People Living With Parents in the Pandemic. The Atlantic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/pandemic-young-adults-living-with-
parents/613723/
